We need to identify the sexual offender Gem Veeramani and the criminals who were complicit behind the scenes, and ensure that the investigation and the case are conducted swiftly so that the death penalty is secured, said Seeman, the chief coordinator of the Naam Tamilar Katchi. In a statement issued by him in this regard, “The sexual crimes committed by Gem Veeramani, who is known in society as a businessman, and the successive reports related to them are deeply shocking. Like the Epstein files that shook the world, the horrific sexual violence committed against girl children has frozen Tamil Nadu in shock. It has caused a massive stir across the country.
Sexual crimes committed by targeting vulnerable girls under the pretext of helping them with education have made the entire society hang its head in shame.
Even though a complaint with evidence was filed against Gem Veeramani during the previous DMK regime, it is highly condemnable that only a case was registered and he was not arrested, and that the police later threw up their hands in court, claiming there was not enough evidence, and tried to weaken the case.
It is shameful that even after video evidence of the abuse of a girl child was submitted, no effort was made to arrest the criminals, including Gem Veeramani, expose their true faces, and ensure they are punished. After speaking at length on stages about women’s rights, equality, and the upliftment of marginalized people, the previous DMK government’s lethargic handling of a sexual offense case involving girl children is an utterly unacceptable act of betrayal. In this abuse case, the special POCSO court’s refusal to accept the report filed by the previous government’s police and its demand for action made it possible to move the case forward toward justice.

News has now come to light that Gem Veeramani had been sexually abusing girl children for many years, and that there was a vast network behind it. The collective sentiment of the people of Tamil Nadu is that all the criminals involved in this, along with the rulers and officials of the previous government who abetted it, must be punished.
It is imperative that departmental and criminal action be taken against all police officers who, despite knowing that such a grave atrocity had been committed against girl children, showed negligence by failing to act and dared to let the culprits escape. This case should not be used merely as a political fight or as election-time campaign noise and then left at that. All persons behind this case, including senior officials and intermediaries, must be identified, brought before the law, and made to receive the maximum punishment.
For nearly sixty years, the two Dravidian parties, DMK and AIADMK, which have alternately ruled Tamil Nadu, have completely failed to ensure women’s safety. From the Pollachi sexual atrocity and the Sivaganga incident to the sexual assaults on young children reported in the newspapers every day, they reveal the extremely dire situation prevailing in Tamil Nadu. The very notion that if one commits a crime, one can easily escape by using money, power, and political influence has led people like Gem Veeramani to engage in such crimes without the slightest fear.
How disgraceful is it that a businessman sexually abused girl children for more than 40 years? What were those in power here, and the police, doing all through these 40 years? How fake was it to speak on stages praising women for vote-bank politics while completely putting the safety of girl children into question? The people of this country should at least realize this now.
It is a very bad trend for all three parties—DMK, AIADMK, and TVK—to consider merely providing women with a monthly amount as their maximum women’s rights initiative and act accordingly. The basic right that must be granted to them is to create an external environment in which a woman can leave home and return safely without fear. Along with this, if sexual violence against women and young children is to be completely eradicated, the death penalty must be ensured for those who commit such crimes.
Therefore, on behalf of the Naam Tamilar Katchi, I urge the TVK government to identify not only the sexual offender Gem Veeramani and the accomplice offenders Shanti and Mahendrasimman, but also the entire chain of criminals behind this, including the politicians, senior officials, and businessmen in the network, and arrest them all; and to conduct this heinous case and the investigation swiftly, ensuring that all the related offenders receive the death penalty," he has noted.